John William Loudon

John William Loudon
Member of the Missouri Senate
from the 7th district
In office
2000 - 2008
Preceded by Franc Flotron
Succeeded by Jane Cunningham
Personal details
Born August 14, 1967
St. Louis, Missouri
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Gina Loudon
Profession association executive
Religion Presbyterian

John William Loudon (born August 14, 1967) was a Republican member of the Missouri Senate, representing the 7th District from 2000 until 2008, leaving due to term-limits. Previously he was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from 1995 through 2000.

Biography

Early life

He graduated from Westminster College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1989.

Career

He operated a Public Relations business co-founded with his wife, Legacy Group of Missouri, Inc.

He was first elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 1994, serving there through 1998. He was elected to the Missouri State Senate in 2000, and again in 2004. While in the Senate, Loudon founded and chaired the Senate’s Small Business, Insurance, and Industrial Relations Committee, was vice chair of the Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee, and a member of the committees on Education, Gubernatorial Appointments, and Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence.

While mostly known for business and labor issues including health insurance affordability and passage of bipartisan unemployment insurance reform that raised the weekly benefit amount from $250 up to $320, Loudon also passed legislation for a fallen workers license plate and a number of bills relating to liberty issues including passage of a model anti-SLAPP law, protecting citizen participation and public speech. He also passed state laws recognizing Bill of Rights Day and Tartan Day. He created significant controversy when he legalized the practice of midwifery by slipping a change into his omnibus health insurance reform bill.

Personal life

He married Gina (Gentry) Loudon, Ph.D. in 1990, and they have five children, Lyda, Lily and Jack, Samuel, and Bo (Robert Brewster III). They reside in San Diego, California.

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